Does anyone have experience with the Jenny Craig program?

[noel711]

5. Second hand experience..

My daughter worked for them as a weight loss counselor...
(long story: she's a grad student looking for any kind of work..
didn't stay long.. they abuse their employees...)

Jenny Craig, like many 'weight loss' organizations is about profit.
They want to 'hook' customers so in order to lose weight and maintain the loss,
they must stay with the program: it costs bit $$$ to buy the food and stay with
the advisors and counselors. there is little health training to teach people
how to change their thinking about emotional eating and food,
and how to be motivated to make goals, and discipline to exercise.
It's all about buying into a system where the work is done for you.

Weight loss is like having another full time job.
There is no easy, short cut...

It's work.

What worked for me to lose 80 pounds since the summer of 2010
was www.sparkpeople.com

An amazing online community that is FREE, and offer tools and resource
to transform your health and your life.
Yes.. its a program where you must track your food intake,
where you track your exercise..
but they have wonderful tools, and many online opportunities to connect
with others.

I can't say enough about it. Did I tell you it's free?